- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:49:24 +0200
- To: "Leif Halvard Silli" <lhs@malform.no>
- Cc: "Thomas Broyer" <t.broyer@ltgt.net>, "HTML WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:48:41 +0200, Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no> wrote:
> What does 'this does not work for Python' mean? That Python uses another
> embedding syntax? But the syntax is up to Python to decide and not an
> argument against those languages that consciously have chosen the PI
> syntax.
It is indicative that "solving" this for PHP does not solve the wider problem. However, I'm not at all convinced it solves the problem for PHP. Only for very basic cases.
>> and also does not work in common PHP scenarios
>> such as
>> <div<?php if($foo) { echo " class='bar'"; }?>>
>
> But since we are talking HTML and not XHTML, you could use
>
> <div class=' <?php if($foo) { echo " bar"; }?>' >
>
> and be valid.
But that's not the same.
>> et cetera.
>
> As the HTML 5 draft says: What is possible to do in the DOM vs in
> text/HTML vs XHTML etc, may differ.
I don't think the syntax of certain templating languages should be of concern to the syntax of HTML or XHTML.
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Anne van Kesteren
http://annevankesteren.nl/
Received on Wednesday, 22 July 2009 12:50:17 UTC